by Jamie
NPR recommends 5 funny summer reads. Have you read any of them yet? You like? I’m in the middle of reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and loving it, but I’m always on the look-out for the next good book. What are your latest finds?
Categories: Reading • Tags: comedy, funny books, Gillian Flynn, gone girl, humor, npr, read, reading, summer, summer reading
by Jamie
RWA 2012 Keynote Speech by Stephanie Laurens
Stephanie Laurens’ keynote address at RWA’s 2012 Conference in Anaheim is worth reading. We in the romance writing community tend to be a very polite bunch, so hearing her boldly state how the publishing industry is changing and how authors may respond, in front of editors and publishers, was quite interesting indeed. Check it out!
Categories: Advice for Writers
by Jamie
Every genre has its story expectations, which lead some people to believe there is a formula for writing within any given genre. Not so. When I pick up a mystery novel, I expect there to be a mystery (probably a murder) to be solved. I expect there to be a protagonist working to solve the mystery. I expect, with some surprises and plot twists along the way, that the mystery will be solved at the end of the book. That’s […]
Categories: Advice for Writers, Romance Novels • Tags: myths, romance genre, romance myths, Romance Novel, selling books, writer, writing
by Jamie
If you long to be a writer or a painter or a dancer or (insert creative pursuit here), you will have to decide at some point how much creative energy you will devote to that pursuit. I am nearly as visual a person as I am inclined toward the written word, but I made a decision in college that words were my first love, so I would devote all my creative energy to writing. And I did. For many years. […]
Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity • Tags: artist routines, creative passion, creative process, creativity, writer, writing
by Jamie
Excellent post from Steven Pressfield this week on how we improve as writers.
Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity • Tags: adversity, creative process, creativity, originality, steven pressfield, writer, writer's block, writing, writing life
by Jamie
I just updated the look of my website. You like? I’ve been meaning to do it for, oh, let’s see…a number of years. I know, I know, I still need to update my books page and all that other tedious stuff, but this is a huge improvement. Look over there in the left column. All my books are finally here! Yippee.
Categories: Random Stuff • Tags: books, updates, website
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